Odysea Greek Christmas

A Perfect Greek Christmas with Odysea:

I have an unashamedly soft spot for Odysea products. The olives are truly special, traditionally cured and I always keep a jar or two in the cupboard for special occasions.

And, they have a whole range of other delicious deli products from Greece. There are a range of wonderful greek cheeses including a lovely organic feta and a very special saganaki frying cheese. There are premium Greek extra virgin olive oils, meze dips and Greek honeys. So if you are lucky enough to win this giveaway of a selection of Odysea goodies, you’ll easily be able to serve up a Med-inspired feast when everyone is fed up with Turkey and Christmas Pudding.

I was lucky enough to meet the owner of Odysea, Panos Manualides, at the restaurant he helped to found near King’s Cross, The Greek Larder. So, for more about Odysea, do check out my post about The Greek Larder. Then, if you’d like a chance to win this selection of goodies worth £20, all you need to do is let me know in the comments below ONE Odysea product you would need to make your favourite Greek dish. You can, if you like, pick fromthe ones I sampled when I was at The Greek Larder – or just pick your own favourite Greek Dish. And of course, don’t leave me guessing, let me know which dish that was. For a little help, check out the Odysea site after you’ve picked your favourite dish.

And of course, you can follow the rafflecopter through for a few extra chances to win.

Meanwhile, if, like me, you want to stock up on Odysea products right now ready for Christmas, you can do that via their website or through selected delis, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s.

I love Odysea products, really high quality and a great taste. I like to use their harissa spicy meze as a marinade to give an extra kick when i”m making Chicken souvlaki with pita, the marinade contrasts nicely with a tzatziki dip. Its basic but about my level as a cook and the taste makes up for the fact its easy to do.

So many recipes to choose from, hmm, I love the sound of Kefalotiri saganaki with dry cured Kalamata olive paste, sesame seeds and wild thyme honey in your post. I wonder if Odysea Kalamata olive meze would do the trick?!

Oh, yum! The photos of the Greek dishes look delicious! I would go for a salad made with wilted greens in olive oil and topped with feta (Horta) and would add the Organic Green Pitted Olives to the salad. But that is only if the family didn’t eat them all from the jar first.

My favourite Greek dish is Moussaka, which I cook on a regular basis. And of course I would need Odysea PDO Mylopotamos Extra Virgin Olive Oil to make it perfect!
In fact, I always buy Greek Olive oil rather than Italian one, but I have not tried Odysea yet (I will now!)

I would love to try making Spanakopita – loved it whenever I’ve been to Greece, but never tried making it at home, would need some Odysea PDO Feta Cheese, Odysea PDO Mylopotamos Extra Virgin Olive Oil and some good luck in working the filo pastry!

I would use their Odysea Organic Feta Cheese to make Spanakopita. I remember going to an annual greek festival as a child and as one who hated veggies at the time (and would later then ironically become a veggie) Spanakopita was always my favorite thing… even more than the baklava!

Cutter and Squidge Easter

Swap your Easter egg for the most luxurious handcrafted treat made with premium chocolate and all natural ingredients!

The FUNFETTI (FUNFETTI EASTER EGG - £ 13.50) milk chocolate half egg holds lots of surprises inside! Under the silky milk chocolate ganache you will find generous chunks of honeycomb and sprinkles of chocolate crumble. Filled with white chocolate mini eggs, fluffy vegetarian marshmallow squares and handmade funfetti jazzies for all the fun you can have in an Easter egg! Comes complete with a spoon to enjoy it.